Recent content by KMM154

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    June 2021: Vote on Your Favourite Research Paper!

    To be honest choices were difficult but opted for music therapy as a lover of music. I've basically learned to live with my tinnitus which is currently worse in my left ear, as I am virtually deaf in that ear due to glue ear (awaiting surgery). Most days I do not think of my tinnitus, some days...
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    Could Fluid Behind Eardrum Be the Cause of My Tinnitus?

    I have had this. ENT sent me to have grommet fitted. Middle ear fluid - 0titis Media - is common and a grommet helps fluid drain. From my experience the fluid build up can certainly exacerate my tinnitus. But not sure it is the cause as my first experience of tinnitus was in my right ear and the...
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    Fluid Behind the Ear or Something Else?

    Hi - yes, almost an expert of fluid in middle ear- usually in middle ear sounds like a problem I have suffered from over past 10 years. Otitis media - fluid in middle ear. Apparently my Eustatian tubes are small and do not drain well and become blocked. I have had 3 grommets fitted over the...
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    Tinnitus, Hearing Loss and Hyperacusis

    It is hard for non sufferers to understand the issues of tinnitus, hearing loss and hyperacusis - trying to hear made more difficult by constant ringing in my ear is very frustrating and certain noises are particularly irritatingly. Bathroom fan and kitchen extractor fans drive me nuts. My...